My 72 Bowfront Build Revised Thread

[jsker]

It is very pleasing to hear him describe the fish, algae, the fact that corals are animals and not plants, how it's important to not overfeed... He wants to be a part of everything! Smart kid! And you know he is the boss of naming the fish!

Who is going to have more fun?

 

[jsker]

Who is going to have more fun?

Question, did you get your T5's yet?

 

[john.m.cole3]

The fixture is supposed to be delivered today. Already have the bulbs. I went with all ATI 2x blue plus, 2x coral plus, 1x purple plus, and 1x actinic. I want a more daylight look mixed with some pop the blue should deliver. I have a 72 gallon rebuild thread here
http://reef2reef.com/threads/my-2nd-first-try-72-gallon-bowfront-re-build.230852/page-2#post-2786281
I should finish up the plumbing, reseal the tank, paint the back glass, and do my aquascaping this weekend. That;s not too much for a weekend considering I work 4 hours on Saturday is it???

Then I will start a tank progrees thread and then our LED/T5 comparison thread.

 

[jsker]

The fixture is supposed to be delivered today. Already have the bulbs. I went with all ATI 2x blue plus, 2x coral plus, 1x purple plus, and 1x actinic. I want a more daylight look mixed with some pop the blue should deliver. I have a 72 gallon rebuild thread here
http://reef2reef.com/threads/my-2nd-first-try-72-gallon-bowfront-re-build.230852/page-2#post-2786281
I should finish up the plumbing, reseal the tank, paint the back glass, and do my aquascaping this weekend. That;s not too much for a weekend considering I work 4 hours on Saturday is it???

Then I will start a tank progress thread and then our LED/T5 comparison thread.

To bad you are not close, I would have built you a stand. I like the bowl front tanks I was tired the rectangle tanks and wanted something different. It drives my wife crazy, she has poor eye sight and looking at the bowl front messes with her eyes. The good thing is I can get away with adding stuff I have got my pictures from day one, and I will put in a reminder to take pictures in a month. I think it would be a good tread for the reason no one has done it and worked together to do it. My last setup I had t8's or t 12's with two blue, two white. I had them on timers so the the blue was on 10 hours, and the white on 8 hours. It worked pretty good. I had two fans to cool the bulbs so that they would last longer. That is one of the reason I went LED, to give you an idea how long ago that was metal halide lights were the new and big thing to have.
My next steps are going to be, build a sump and take off the HOB filter and I am going to put a cube in my wife's office.

 

[john.m.cole3]

your stand is a piece of art on it's own. Where do you guys live

 

[john.m.cole3]

I got this bowfront take from a local guy who was almost ready to throw it away. I'm sure I've put more money into it than I would of if I'd bought new, but I am proud of it and all the work it took to get here. Plus, I know it was has been done right (or the best I can).

I agree about our soon to be lighting thread. We will be working together whereas most hobbyist tend to be competitive despite our friendly nature. I'm so excited to go home and unbox my new fixtue (it just got here 2 hours ago!)

Talk to you soon, and have a great evening.

 

[jsker]

your stand is a piece of art on it's own. Where do you guys live

Central Florida.

 

[jsker]

I got this bowfront take from a local guy who was almost ready to throw it away. I'm sure I've put more money into it than I would of if I'd bought new, but I am proud of it and all the work it took to get here. Plus, I know it was has been done right (or the best I can).

I agree about our soon to be lighting thread. We will be working together whereas most hobbyist tend to be competitive despite our friendly nature. I'm so excited to go home and unbox my new fixtue (it just got here 2 hours ago!)

Talk to you soon, and have a great evening.

You too.

 

[john.m.cole3]

Ahhh Lakeland area? I moved from West Palm Beach 8 years ago.

 

[jsker]

Ahhh Lakeland area? I moved from West Palm Beach 8 years ago.

actually "The Happiest place on earth" Orlando, it tourist season and you are so lucky. Traffic is not moving right now.

 

[jsker]

Well it been two week and two day since I switch out my lights. What a difference. The brownish corals are coming back to life with color. I have a rainbow monti that was doing ok, but wow what a difference in color. I am having my old green hair algae issues since switching my control products for No3 & Po4. I started having a real issue back in June when I made my own blend of frozen food. I bought a small am of @ReefFrenzy to see if this changes my Po4 and my No3's to the better side.

Here are some current tank shots

I also made some bottle caddies for the door, this open up a lot of room on my bottom slide out shelf

 

[jsker]

I think while I have a cold beverage this afternoon, I will turn off the pumps and work on my photography skills and get some clearer pictures

 

[john.m.cole3]

HUGE difference compared to the old Orbits! I wanna see some DSLR photos, and I need to learn how to take better ones w/ my DSLR.

 

[jsker]

Sunday Pictures of the tank. My rainbow monti is really coloring up with the new lights

this one was all brown under the frag plug and has also really colored up

the blue stag is coming back to light, the birds nest here has always done well but even looks better now

This is Matt, Mr I want my picture taken.

Couple of top down shots

 

[john.m.cole3]

what's the name of the green encrusting one w/ the pink polyps?

 

[jsker]

This one http://www.ebay.com/itm/WWC-Dingle-...464365?hash=item41a6cf18ad:g:O9YAAOSwr7ZW7Ic6
or this one https://worldwidecorals.com/wwc-jingle-bells-cyphastrea.html looks the same

 

[jsker]

Sump plan

 

[jsker]

Started the Sump today

 

[jsker]

Finished the jsker sump 3/29. Build time was about 12 hours. I had other things Do yesterday but I was having so much fun building the sump and just not working on work. I said what the heck I am going to finish the sump. I still have to make a couple of tweaks and thanks to @john.m.cole3, and Chris over at saltysupply.com I think the sump will work out well. I have not ever had a sump, and I have the saltwater reefing for a bunch of years on and off. I have always been fearful of over flow with a sump and this is the main reason that I have not used a sump setup. I am going to make a Brazilian Cheery stand to keep the sump off the hardwood flour, the stands wood will match the flour.

I made an adjustable dam to adjust the water level

Tried using the CNC to cut the holes but the bit ran to fast so I have to use a hole saw. I am going to have to make my own special size socks.

Top view down

I make a piece to disperse the water in the socks

and the finished views

 

[jsker]

Going to blow torch the edges to clear them, some of my glue edges need work but its for me. I will water test the sump today also while really work.